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. 2018 Feb 6:9:75.
doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00075. eCollection 2018.

Effect of Heart rate on Basketball Three-Point Shot Accuracy

Luca P Ardigò  1 , Goran Kuvacic  2 , Antonio D Iacono  3 , Giacomo Dascanio  4 , Johnny Padulo  2   5
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Effect of Heart rate on Basketball Three-Point Shot Accuracy

Luca P Ardigò et al. Front Physiol. .

Abstract

The three-point shot (3S) is a fundamental basketball skill used frequently during a game, and is often a main determinant of the final result. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of different metabolic conditions, in terms of heart rates, on 3S accuracy (3S%) in 24 male (Under 17) basketball players (age 16.3 ± 0.6 yrs). 3S performance was specifically investigated at different heart rates. All sessions consisted of 10 consecutive 3Ss from five different significant field spots just beyond the FIBA three-point line, i.e., about 7 m from the basket (two counter-clockwise "laps") at different heart rates: rest (0HR), after warm-up (50%HRMAX [50HR]), and heart rate corresponding to 80% of its maximum value (80%HRMAX [80HR]). We found that 50HR does not significantly decrease 3S% (-15%, P = 0.255), while 80HR significantly does when compared to 0HR (-28%, P = 0.007). Given that 50HR does not decrease 3S% compared to 0HR, we believe that no preliminary warm-up is needed before entering a game in order to specifically achieve a high 3S%. Furthermore, 3S training should be performed in conditions of moderate-to-high fatigued state so that a high 3S% can be maintained during game-play.

Keywords: fatigue; heart rate; sports; task performance and analysis; young.

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Three-point shot spots.
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Heart rate [HR (%HRMax), A] and three-point shot percent accuracy [3S accuracy (%), B], as mean ± SD, over the three different testing conditions. *P < 0.05.
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